N.Fujieda
et al.
(2020).
Cupin Variants as a Macromolecular Ligand Library for Stereoselective Michael Addition of Nitroalkanes.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl,
59,
7717-7720.
PubMed id: 32073197
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202000129
Cupin superfamily proteins (TM1459) work as a macromolecular ligand framework
with a double-stranded β-barrel structure ligating to a Cu ion through
histidine side chains. Variegating the first coordination sphere of TM1459
revealed that H52A and H54A/H58A mutants effectively catalyzed the diastereo-
and enantioselective Michael addition reaction of nitroalkanes to an
α,β-unsaturated ketone. Moreover, calculated substrate docking signified C106N
and F104W single-point mutations, which inverted the diastereoselectivity of
H52A and further improved the stereoselectivity of H54A/H58A, respectively.